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I have discovered how to make the font size of posts on WordPress larger (or smaller).

Go to Dashboard

> mouse-over the top link on the left (it’s the pin); (a drop-down selection appears headed by the term “Post”)

> click on “edit” (a page appears entitled “Edit Posts”

> mouse-over just below your post (a menu appears)

> click on “edit” (a tool-bar appears)

> mouse-over the last button to the right (the words “show/hide kitchen sink” appear)

> click on this button (another tool-bar appears under the original tool-bar)

> click on the drop-down arrow on the first button (a menu appears that includes six different font possibilities)

> click on “Heading 1” in order to make the font the largest; click on “Heading 6” in order to make the font the smallest.

> You can also use ctrl and the numbers one through 6 to change the font size.

Thank you SS_Minnow and Shane G. for your suggestions. I chose Shane G.’s option of downloading the Plugin to change the User Name, and it worked out fine.

Thank you samboll and micahcooksey for helping me understand this situation.

I created a fictitious user; however, the only change on my operational website (when I link to the blog) is that the “edit this” option is no longer there; I was expecting the small rectangular boxes for registration to appear, but they didn’t. I think that I understand why: the explanation is below. When I log in as the fictitious user, there is a window for comments over which is states: “Logged in as Mr. X.” This indicates that the WordPress software recognizes the user as being registered.

It seems there are three possibilities:

1/ The person who logs in is an Admin. The Admin is recognized immediately “through his IP Address alone” since it is not necessary to log in to the operational website.

2/ The person who logs in is already a registered user (as in the case of the fictitious user that I just created). In this case, the boxes for registering are not shown and the user is recognized through his IP Address.

3/ The person who logs in is not a registered user and is not an Admin. In this case, presumably, a different format would appear that would request that this unregistered user give his name and email address before he can make a comment. In order to test this hypothesis, I would have to go to my operational website on a different computer since, when I use my own computer, my operational website recognizes that I am an Admin though my IP Address.

Since this is my first website and my first use of a blog, I’m sure that I’ll have more questions. I greatly appreciate the knowledgeable people who respond to our questions.

Samboll: You write: “If you want to test – create a test user that is only a subscriber – log out – log in as test subscriber”

However, when I go to my operational website, I do not have to log in, and I don’t log out. Since I deleted all of the cookies, when I go to my operational website, the website doesn’t know who I am. Or does it? Am I identified through my IP Address every time I go to my operational website? It seems that whether I am identified through my IP Address or not that I should still get the format that any visitor would get.

I would like to carry out your suggestion, Samboll, if it is possible; however, under theses circumstances, how do I create a “test user” since I don’t log into my operational website?

Would I have to use another computer as a test in order to see what type of format appears there?

Yes. That box was checked when I first went to it, and I left it checked.

I still have not been able to find the correct format.

Can someone tell me how to display the format which asks for the visitor’s name and email address when they click on the blog link on my website? Below the boxes for the visitor’s name and email address there is a box for their comment.

The format that now appears features a “post,” and visitors are able to comment on the post.

Thank you samboll and Clayton James for your information. I was able to open the WordPress folder.